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JEWELL'S LESSEE ET AL. v. JEWELL ET AL.

42 U.S. 219 (____)

1 How. 219

LESSEE OF SARAH I. JEWELL AND OTHERS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. BENJAMIN JEWELL AND OTHERS, DEFENDANTS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Coxe and Legaré, attorney-general, for the plaintiffs in error. Hunt, for defendants.

Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action of ejectment brought by the plaintiffs in error against the defendants, to recover a house and lot in the city of Charleston, in South Carolina. The plaintiffs claim to be the lawful wife and children of Benjamin Jewell, deceased, who, it is admitted, died intestate and seised of the premises in question. The defendants also claim to be the lawful...

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